Examining the Phenomenon of “Teaching Out-of-field” International Perspectives on Teaching as a Non-specialist / edited by Linda Hobbs, Günter Törner.

This book identifies and surveys the major themes around ‘out-of-field teaching’, that is, teaching subjects or year levels without a specialization. This has been an issue in many countries for some time, yet until recently there has been little formal research and poor policy responses to related...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Hobbs, Linda (Editor), Törner, Günter (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Teaching out-of-field as a world-wide phenomenon: Defining and understanding a contextualized issue
  • Chapter 1 Teaching out-of-field as a phenomenon and research problem
  • 2 Measuring out-of-field teaching
  • 3 Teaching out-of-field internationally
  • Part II. The Complexity of the teaching out-of-field phenomenon
  • 4 Examining the complexity of the out-of-field teacher experience through multiple theoretical lenses
  • 5 Teacher professional competence: What can be learned about the knowledge and practices needed for teaching?
  • 6 Subject specific demands of teaching: Implications for out-of-field teachers
  • 7 Out-of-field teaching affecting students and learning: What is known and unknown
  • Part III Confronting dilemmas and addressing the issues of teaching out-of-field
  • 8 Attending to out-of-field teaching: Implications of and for education policy
  • 9 The out-of-field teacher in context: The impact of the school context and environment
  • 10 Initial teacher education: Roles and possibilities for preparing capable teachers
  • 11 Teacher learning and continuous professional development
  • 12 The out-of-field phenomenon: Synthesis and taking action.